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A new antibacterial compound from Ibicella lutea
M P Cerdeiras1, J Fernández, M Soubes
1Cátedra de Microbiología, Facultad de Química, General Flores 2124-CC 1157, 11200, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
|November 25, 2000
Abstract:
Ibicella lutea is a 'quasi-carnivorous' plant that grows wild in Uruguay where it is used in popular medicine as an antiseptic for eye and skin infections. In an earlier screening, it showed a broad antibacterial spectrum. From the chloroform extract of the plant the main antibacterial compound has now been isolated and identified by several MS and NMR methods as a new compound, 11-O-(6'-O-acetyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-stearic acid.